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Ch 1
Intro to Medical Terminonlogy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Word Root (WR) | foundation of medical word that contains its main meaning |
| Combining Form (CF) | created when a WR is combined with a vowel --> "combining vowel" (usually o, sometimes i or e) |
| Suffix | word element at the end of a word, changes meaning (usually indication of a pathology, condition, symptom, therapeutic, or diagnostic procedure, part of speech) |
| Prefix | word element at the beginning of a word, changes meaning (usually indication of #, time, position, measurement, direction, or negation) |
| 3 steps for defining medical words | 1. Define suffix first 2. Define first part of word (WR, CF, prefix) 3. Define middle part of word (WR, CF) |
| 3 rules for building medical words | 1. WR links suffix that begins with a vowel 2. CF (root+o) links suffix that begins with consonant 3. CF (root+o) links root to another root to form compound word |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -tomy | incision |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -plasia, -plasm | formation, growth |
| -gen, -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
| -edema | swelling |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -osis | abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -pathy | disease |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -oma | tumor |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specific) |
| Adj Suffixes: -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ile, -ous | pertaining to |
| Noun Suffixes: -esis, -ia, -ism | condition |
| Noun Suffixes: -ician, -ist | specialist |
| Noun Suffix: -iatry | medicine; treatment |
| dipl-, diplo- | double |
| macro- | large |
| homo- | same |
| mono-, uni- | one |
| micro- | small |
| circum-, peri | around |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| super | upper, above |
| post | after, behind |
| pre-, pro- | before, in front |
| primi- | first |
| dia-, trans- | through, across |
Created by:
rachelfoster
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